Vulcan Venture (1988)
Platforms: Arcade · NES · Sharp X68000 · TurboGrafx CD · Wii · PSP · PlayStation 3 · PS Vita · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo SwitchGenres: Genres · Action · Side view · 2D scrolling · Arcade · Shooter · Sci-fi / futuristic
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Cast & Crew · 18 people
- Hiroyasu Machiguchi· Director
- Toshiaki Takatori· Game Programmer
- Kyūichirō Tsutsui· Game Programmer
- T. Horimoto· Game Programmer
- Akira Suzuki· Game Programmer
- Tatsuo Fujii· Game Programmer
- Miki Yoshikata· Graphic Designer
- Hiroyuki Ashida· Graphic Designer
- Michiko Iwamoto· Graphic Designer
- Akihito Nonami· Graphic Designer
- Kuniaki Kakuwa· Graphic Designer
- Shinji Tasaka· Sound Editor
- Motoaki Furukawa· Sound Editor
- Kenichi Matsubara· Sound Editor
- Seiichi Fukami· Sound Editor
- Keisuke Hashima· Engineer
- F. Shibuya· Title Designer
- J. Tanaka· Title Designer
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